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Book Description: Taylor & Francis Ltd. Hardback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., Progress, Poverty and Population: Re-reading Condorcet, Godwin and Malthus, John Avery, Are poverty, misery, famine, disease and war inevitably part of the human condition? Will the creations of science become uncontrollable and socially dangerous, like Frankenstein's monster? Or can science and education create a world of material plenty - a war-free world, where the benevolent, creative and intellectual sides of human nature will have a chance to flourish? This book tries to answer these questions by tracing the history of a debate which took place among the economists, political philosophers and writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It was a debate in which the Utopian vision of optimists such as the Marquis de Condorcet and William Godwin was opposed by those such as Thomas Robert Malthus, who believed that the benefits of scientific progress would inevitably be nullified by the growth of the global population. This book follows that debate, which also involved people such as Burke, Paine, Wollstonecraft, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Ricardo, Mill and Darwin. In a final chapter, the question of who was right is examined from the vantage-point of our own times. Bookseller Inventory # B9780714647500

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Book Description: Taylor and Francis Ltd Country = UNITED KINGDOM, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 168 pages. This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. {Publisher's Publication Date = 1997} This work traces the history of a debate among the economists, political philosophers and writers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, about whether the benefits of scientific progress would be nullified by the growth of the global population. 1, black and white illustrations (Hardback). Bookseller Inventory # AB0714647500

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Book Description: Taylor and Francis(Routledge), 1997. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 248 x 165 mm. (168 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. This work traces the history of a debate which took pace among the economists, poitica phiosophers and writers of the ate 18th and eary 19th centuries, about whether the benefits of scientific progress woud be nuified by the growth of the goba popuation.Condorcet, Godwin, Frankenstein's monster, Mathus, the iron aw. Epiogue: who was right? Appendix: Condorcet's Sur 'admission des femmes au droit de Cite. (Hardback). Bookseller Inventory # AG0714647500

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Book Description: ROUTLEDGE 01/04/2012, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New print on demand book. Shipped from US. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # IJ-9780714647500

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Book Description: ROUTLEDGE 01/05/2012, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New print on demand book. Shipped from US. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # IO-9780714647500

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Book Description: Frank Cass & Co, 1997. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 151 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0714647500

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Book Description: Taylor Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, 1997. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 229 x 152 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery ***** Print on Demand *****. Are poverty, misery, famine, disease and war inevitably part of the human condition? Will the creations of science become uncontrollable and socially dangerous, like Frankenstein's monster? Or can science and education create a world of material plenty - a war-free world, where the benevolent, creative and intellectual sides of human nature will have a chance to flourish? This book tries to answer these questions by tracing the history of a debate which took place among the economists, political philosophers and writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It was a debate in which the Utopian vision of optimists such as the Marquis de Condorcet and William Godwin was opposed by those such as Thomas Robert Malthus, who believed that the benefits of scientific progress would inevitably be nullified by the growth of the global population. This book follows that debate, which also involved people such as Burke, Paine, Wollstonecraft, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Ricardo, Mill and Darwin. In a final chapter, the question of who was right is examined from the vantage-point of our own times. Bookseller Inventory # APC9780714647500

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Book Description: Frank Cass Publishers, 2012. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 9.16 by 6 inches. (00151 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. {Publisher's Publication Date = 1997-10-31 00:00:00} [ships from USA takes 8-14 days to Europe] illustrated Lang=English accessory:NO ACCESSORY (Hardcover ). Bookseller Inventory # AF0714647500

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Book Description: Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 1st. 163mm x 19mm x 233mm. Print on Demand 151 pages. 0.399. Bookseller Inventory # 9780714647500

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